A Paris labor tribunal has ruled that Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) must pay Kylian Mbappé €60 million (around $70.6 million) in unpaid wages and bonuses, partially resolving one of French football’s most high-profile legal disputes.
Background of Kylian Mbappé’s Legal Battle with PSG
The case stemmed from claims that PSG withheld payments for April, May, and June 2024, shortly before Mbappé departed the Ligue 1 champions to join Real Madrid on a free transfer.
“We are satisfied with the ruling. This is what you could expect when salaries went unpaid,” said Kylian Mbappé ’s lawyer Frédérique Cassereau.
The tribunal confirmed that PSG failed to pay three months of salary, along with an ethics bonus and a signing-on payment specified in Mbappé’s contract. These amounts had already been deemed payable by the French Professional Football League (LFP) in rulings issued in September and October 2024, with judges noting that PSG provided no written evidence that he had agreed to forfeit the sums.
While the court dismissed several of his additional complaints—including hidden employment, moral harassment, and breach of duty of care—it upheld his entitlement to the unpaid earnings. The ruling also clarified that Mbappé’s fixed-term contract could not be treated as permanent, limiting compensation related to dismissal and notice claims.
PSG had argued that Mbappé acted in bad faith by delaying notice of his contract non-renewal for nearly a year, preventing the club from securing a transfer fee similar to the €180 million paid to AS Monaco in 2017. However, his legal team emphasized that the dispute was strictly about enforcing French labor law and unpaid compensation, not transfer strategy.
This decision represents a major victory for Kylian Mbappé in one of modern football’s most contentious employment cases.
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